Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-05-06
FARM NOTES

Corn that is in the least degree affected
by rust should never be used.
Farmers are reported to consume So
600 tons of Irvine per year on reef bind
ing earvesters.
For an early beet the eclipse is the best.
1t should be grown on old ground to get
the best results.
Roses of all kinds delight in high liv-
ing and sunshine; you can not starve
them into their best behavior.
Avoid strong food with your breeding
sows, as it intiames the blood and pro-
duces q feverish condition.
Quiet kicking COW simply by putting
a strap in her mouth and buckling it
tightly behind her horns.
Tree planting for profit or for adorn-
ment requires care and discrimination,
as much as raising crops or ilocks and
herds.
The most beautiful white tea rose is
the bride. 1t thrives well out of doors
so does its other self, Catherine Mermet
(pink.)
Save the soapsuds. Pour them over
the manure heap. They will not only add
to the value of the manure, but assist in
preventing the escape of ammonia.
Carrot seed can be put into the ground
just as soon as the soil can be worked. In
fact, the earlier the better, as we must
get the young plants up before hot
weather.
To make ton of cornfoddec worth as
much as the same weight of timothy hay,
add to cornfodder 500 pounds of grain
food. This will balance the account for
value.
Vermont farmer plants sunhower
seed instead of aipole to each hill of
beans. The sturdy stalk answers for a
pole, aud the seeds supply an excellent
feed for poultry.
The vine that bears the prettiest fruit
Wits heterophylla. It's berries are like
wax, and as they ripen we may often see
upon the same rdceme green, pink and
blue.
Nitrare of soda is the best fertilizer for
early use if the soil be deficient in nitro
gen. 1t is very soluble substance, and
plants appropriate it very easily. 1t al
so performs a chemical service in the
soil, and supplies soda as well as nitrogen.
1t may be mixed with any other kind of
fertilizer.
As tribute to the despised daisies,
! Naturalist Pringle says they are not half
appreciated. They never fail in a dry
season, and they grow and thrive on soils
where other forage plants could not exist.
Cut early, and cured quickly, they are
sweet and nutritious for cattle and horses
and all kinds of stock eat them with re-
lish.
If you have old trees that have failed to
yield profitable crops of fruit, dig the
soil up thoroughly and then apply good
dressing of well-rotted stable manure
and work thoroughly into the soil. Then
if yoa have them, apply a dressing of
| wood ashes. If these fail to revive the
tree, after giving good pruning it is
about past redemption, and should give
way to something better.
The first planting of anything in spring
| should be covered very lightly. While
the soil is cold from deep freezing or ice
water during winter the sun warns only
a little below the surface. There is always
moisture enough in early spring to bring
seeds up, and once they are terminated the
plants will give their.roots all the needed
covering by striking down into the soil
when this is better for their growth.
There is time in spring on ground en-
| tirely naked to SOW oats or some other
rapidly growing vegetable, to be turned
under in May as green manure. Oats
are probably best for this purpose, and
in most cases a good seeding will cost lit
tie money. At the height of to 10 in.
ches, which they will speedily reach in
fair soil, they furnish an amount OF
plant food evenly distributed over the
| surface that can not be got in any other
was Sc cheaply, and the fertility thus OBJ
tanned is Immediately available. If
| phosphate or other concentrated manure
be drilled in with the oats itswiu benefit
the succeeding crop even more than if
saved and applied to that directly.